{"id":6130,"date":"2026-02-09T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:11:30","slug":"bigul-malayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/bigul-malayi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigul Malayi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"6131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/bigul-malayi\/bigul-malayi-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/01\/Bigul-Malayi.webp?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Cusotm_Organizer_Team has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-828824cfd9aeb77460fceafefe903d53\">Community, Polyglots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wca26_profile_links is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8d1873b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:28px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized flagimage cont-flag-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"2594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/organizer\/vachan-kudmule\/flag-in-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2025\/10\/flag-in-2.webp?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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